Jim Cullum’s former digs is now a tequila bar. The jazz legend operated from the Landing on the River Walk for nearly 50 years. The spot at the bottom of the Hyatt Regency Hotel is also where Cullum’s …

San Antonio’s Central Library, designed by acclaimed Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta, opened in 1995. With the dedication of this unique and colorful library building, San Antonio joined other prominent cities that welcome unique contemporary architecture as well as preserve and reuse their historic buildings. …

Mikael Lopez sets bowling pins at the Turner Club in 2009. EXPRESS-NEWS FILE PHOTO A version of this column appeared in the Express-News on Aug. 18, 2012. On Jan. 1, 1940, Turner Club Inc., a longtime …

Volunteers gather in an empty retail space inside Rivercenter Mall to build furniture and other structures for the Better Block event this weekend. Not since Luminaria debuted in 2008 has Alamo Plaza …

San Japan: Mach 5 drew more than 9,000 fans to the Convention Center last weekend. A version of this column appeared in the Express-News on Aug. 10, 2012, before San Japan: Mach 5. The convention has …